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Bachmann concedes she misspoke on Wayne's hometown

Republican presidential candidate Michele
Bachmann is acknowledging "misspeaking" occasionally, including
wrongly claiming that actor John Wayne was from her Waterloo, Iowa
hometown, but says she's "a substantive, serious person" who
would be a good president.

Announcing her candidacy on Monday, Bachman flubbed her hometown
history in declaring "John Wayne was from Waterloo" and "that's
the kind of spirit that I have, too."

The actor was born nearly 150 miles away. It was the serial
killer John Wayne Gacy Jr. who lived, for a time, in Waterloo.

The GOP congresswoman told CNN on Tuesday her comments "were
just misspeaking" and that her main intent was to show she
identified with Wayne's patriotism.

"I wish I could be perfect," Bachmann said. "I'm a
substantive, serious person" who has "good sense on how to turn
the economy around" as president.